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Site Name Balnakeil, Durness Parish Church, Churchyard

Classification Burial Ground (Post Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Balnakeil Churchyard; Durness, Donald Makmurchov Vault

Canmore ID 93225

Site Number NC36NE 1.01

NGR NC 39090 68653

NGR Description Centred NC 39090 68653

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/93225

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil House, Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the N.

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil House, Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

19/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil House, Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the WNW.

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil House, Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

19/7/2013

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General oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Bay, centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking NE.

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General oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Bay, centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

19/7/2012

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the E.

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the E.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

19/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the N.

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

19/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking NW.

DP 139335

Oblique aerial view centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking NW.

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19/7/2012

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard with Balnakeil House beyond, looking to the ESE.

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard with Balnakeil House beyond, looking to the ESE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

19/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the E.

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the E.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

19/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil House, Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the NNW.

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil House, Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the NNW.

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19/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil House, Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the NW.

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil House, Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

19/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking S.

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Oblique aerial view centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

19/7/2012

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Oblique aerial view centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking ESE.

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Oblique aerial view centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking ESE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

19/7/2012

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the NE.

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

19/7/2013

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Monument to poet Bob Doune (Robert Mackay)

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Monument to poet Bob Doune (Robert Mackay)

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Dr Joanna Close-Brooks

1986

© Courtesy of HES (Dr J Close-Brooks Collection)

Part of tombstone to Duncan MacMorrach, 1623

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Part of tombstone to Duncan MacMorrach, 1623

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Dr Joanna Close-Brooks

1986

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Graveyard looking East

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Graveyard looking East

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Dr Joanna Close-Brooks

1986

© Courtesy of HES (Dr J Close-Brooks Collection)

Digital copy of view of tomb recess and heraldic panel in Durness old parish kirk.
From photographic print included in A O Curle's 'Sutherland' journal (MS 36/9, loose at page 88).

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Digital copy of view of tomb recess and heraldic panel in Durness old parish kirk. From photographic print included in A O Curle's 'Sutherland' journal (MS 36/9, loose at page 88).

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4/6/1909

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the ESE.

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the ESE.

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19/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking SSW.

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Oblique aerial view centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking SSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

19/7/2012

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Oblique aerial view centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking SE.

DP 139331

Oblique aerial view centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

19/7/2012

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the WNW.

DP 160053

Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

19/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil House, Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the N.

Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil House, Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the WNW.

General oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Bay, centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking NE.

Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the E.

Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the N.

Oblique aerial view centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking NW.

Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard with Balnakeil House beyond, looking to the ESE.

Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the E.

Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil House, Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the NNW.

Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil House, Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the NW.

Oblique aerial view centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking S.

Oblique aerial view centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking ESE.

Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the NE.

Monument to poet Bob Doune (Robert Mackay)

Part of tombstone to Duncan MacMorrach, 1623

Graveyard looking East

Digital copy of view of tomb recess and heraldic panel in Durness old parish kirk.
From photographic print included in A O Curle's 'Sutherland' journal (MS 36/9, loose at page 88).

Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the ESE.

Oblique aerial view centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking SSW.

Oblique aerial view centred on Balnakeil House and Durness Parish Church, looking SE.

Oblique aerial view of Balnakeil Parish Church and Churchyard, looking to the WNW.

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Council Highland
Parish Durness
Former Region Highland
Former District Sutherland
Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC36NE 1.01 centred 39090 68653

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